June 2006
Check this out, Skywynd in the studio with Candlebox frontman Kevin Martin producing -rumor has it Skywynd will be touring with Candlebox in July . . . The “New” Cars featuring Todd Rundgren plus Blondie at Grand Casino, Hinckley June 1st . . . REO Speedwagon (Ridin’ the Storm Out, Lost in a Dream, Roll with the Changes, Take it on the Run, Keep Pushin’, Back on the Road Again, Keep on Loving You) & Twin Cities own Gypsy, June 5th at Myth in Maplewood . . . June 6-11, Riverdance at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis . . . Spyro Gyra @ Hopkins Center - Thursday, June 8th . . . Looking for a new ride, rev it up with the Viper Motorcycle Open House in Big Lake, MN featuring Crow in an outdoor tent gathering, 3pm on the 10th of June . . . Congrats go out to Transit Authority, the local Twin City “Chicago” tribute as they kick off the Epcot / Disney World live music series in Orlando, FL, June 12-18 . . . Get stupid at Dummyfest 2006 w/Zed Leppelin, Austin Healy on the 16th plus Jesse Lang, Boogie Wonderland, Uncle Chunk on the 17th . . . all I wanna do is Sheryl Crow on her Wildflower Tour, June 16th – Orpheum Theatre . . . Joe Jackson at the Fitzgerald Theater, Friday June 16th . . . DOKKEN at Star Central in Columbia Heights on June 16th, rumor has it the band gets in town a day earlier for a little bar hopping. And if that is good enough for you, media stars- MiniKiss (little people) with special guests, A Tribute to AC/DC, TNT rocks Star Central on the 17th – now that IS really cool! . . . Vans Warped Tour 2006. Sunday, June 18th, 12 Noon, Metrodome Parking Lot . . . Welcome back Cinderella / FireHouse at Myth in Maplewood, Saturday, June 24th . . . Scarlet Haze feat. the sexy and sassy Kat Perkins along with a new exclusive booking contract signing with Artist Representation and Management features local venue debuts at Renegades in Burnsville June 23 and at the Rush in Cottage Grove, June 24th. Go to www.myspace.com/scarlethaze . . . Emmylou Harris / Mark Knopfler at the Orpheum Theatre, June 26th . . . Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers w/Pearl Jam, not one but two nights- June 26-27 @ Xcel Energy Center . . . Elvis Costello and the Imposters, The River In Reverse Tour 2006, June 28th at O’Shaughnessy Auditorium at the College of St. Catherine . . . Sasha Cohen, Michelle Kwan, Irina Slutskaya, Surya Bonaly / Champions On Ice at Target Center, Friday, June 30th. . . WARRANT and Def Repplica (Twin Cities newest tribute sensation) at Trobec’s Event Center in St. Joseph (St. Cloud,) brought to you by ARM and Brookins Entertainment . . .pretty in PINK on the I’m Not Dead Tour at First Avenue, July 5th / all ages! . . . Taste of Minnesota over the 4th of July weekend to include Soul Asylum, Alice Cooper, Dwight Twilley, Los Lonely Boys, Gypsy, Transit Authority, Jesse Lang, Davy Jones, Gary Wright, etc . . . 93 X presents The Unholy Alliance Preaching to the Perverted Tour 2006 featuring Slayer, lamb of god, Mastodon, Children of Bodom, Thine Eyes Bleed at Roy Wilkins Auditorium July, 8th . . . Train, July 8th, Basilica Block Party / St. Paul – God loves ya! . . . Meanwhile, Robin Trower at the Fitzgerald Theater on the 8th downtown, St. Paul . . . OZZFest back at Somerset, WI on July 14th, sweet! . . . 92 KQRS presents the 15th Anniversary Moondance Jam, the Campin’ & Jamin’ Event of the Summer - July 12-15 feat. Ted Nugent, The Outlaws, The Guess Who, Doobie Brothers, Steppenwolf, Starship, Dennis DeYoung of Styx, Heart, Alice Cooper, Little River Band, The Bangles, Kenny Wayne Shepherd . . . Fiona Apple @ the Northrop Auditorium / Minneapolis, July 14th . . . It’s a triple-header on July 18th with Def Leppard & Journey at Target Center; The Goo Goo Dolls Live at Myth; and Melissa Etheridge Live at the State theatre -place your bets, but you’ll find me at Target Center . . . Annual bike rally -Rumble to Rivers in Atwater, MN the weekend of July 28-29th, peace, love, Van Zant, Aultimate Ozzy, Knight Crawler, Austin Healy and more motorcycles than you can lay a hand on! . . . Roadtrip of the Month: Lollapalooza (www.lollapalooza.com) Aug. 4-6 at Grant Park in Windy City/Chicago – Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kanye West, The Flaming Lips, Queens of the Stone Age and too many to mention . . . Wefest.com - Aug. 3-5, Detroit Lakes, MN featuring Martina McBride, Keith Urban, Big & Rich, Sugarland, Trisha Yearwood . . . and yes don’t forget, it’s off to the Annual Sturgis Bike Rally with this year’s highlight - James Gang (“Funk 49” & Joe Walsh) at the Rally - 1st tour in 35 years, Aug. 10th . . . Main Grandstand at the MN State Fair this year features another all-star lineup with Bonnie Raitt on the 26th of August, The 20th Anniversary Tour with POISON & FireHouse (note: Tour kicks off at Midwest Wireless Civic Center Mankato on the 13th with Cinderella in the special guest position,) Aug. 27th and The Steve Miller Band , Monday, Aug. 28th for a little bit rock n’roll, but also little bit country with Allan Jackson, Wednesday, Aug. 30th and Brooks & Dunn with special guest Sugarland on Labor Day Monday, Sept. 4th . . . Holy Batman, summer is HERE, meanwhile off to Naples for MORE SUN, see you next month!